Patents by Inventor Noriaki SHINTANI

Noriaki SHINTANI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9366009
    Abstract: Provided is a construction machine that enables to reduce the burden of the operator when the operator replenishes a liquid reducing agent. The construction machine includes an upper frame slewably provided on a lower traveling body, a reducing agent tank provided on the upper frame, and configured to accommodate therein a liquid reducing agent for reducing nitrogen oxide contained in exhaust gas, and a passage surface provided on the upper frame for allowing the operator to move to an engine. The reducing agent tank has an upper placement portion disposed on the right side of the passage surface at a position higher than the passage surface. The upper placement portion of the reducing agent tank has a replenishing port for allowing the operator to replenish the liquid reducing agent. The replenishing port is provided so as to face the passage surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Noriaki Shintani
  • Publication number: 20150275477
    Abstract: Provided is a construction machine that enables to reduce the burden of the operator when the operator replenishes a liquid reducing agent. The construction machine includes an upper frame slewably provided on a lower traveling body, a reducing agent tank provided on the upper frame, and configured to accommodate therein a liquid reducing agent for reducing nitrogen oxide contained in exhaust gas, and a passage surface provided on the upper frame for allowing the operator to move to an engine. The reducing agent tank has an upper placement portion disposed on the right side of the passage surface at a position higher than the passage surface. The upper placement portion of the reducing agent tank has a replenishing port for allowing the operator to replenish the liquid reducing agent. The replenishing port is provided so as to face the passage surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Noriaki SHINTANI